coder C2+ Topic:Technology & Computing US /ˈkoʊdɚ/ UK /ˈkəʊdə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a person who writes computer programs or converts data into code The coder spent the night debugging a stubborn loop. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a person who writes... programmerdeveloperhackerencoder Word family Related forms codecodingencodedecode Etymology AI details An agent noun from the verb code + -er; code derives from Old French code, from Latin codex 'book, tree trunk, tablet'. codex Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Technology & Computing Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # coder **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈkoʊdɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈkəʊdə/ ## Meanings 1. a person who writes computer programs or converts data into code ## Examples - The coder spent the night debugging a stubborn loop. ## Synonyms - programmer - developer - hacker - encoder ## Related Forms - code - coding - encode - decode ## Roots and Affixes - Root: codex ## Etymology An agent noun from the verb code + -er; code derives from Old French code, from Latin codex 'book, tree trunk, tablet'. ## AI Etymology Coder is an agent noun from the verb code + -er; code derives from Old French code, from Latin codex 'book, tree trunk, tablet'. The historical trail runs through codex in Latin. Morphologically, coder is transparent: an agent noun from the verb code + -er. Used as a noun, coder now means "a person who writes computer programs or converts data into code", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as code, coding, encode, and decode. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - Technology & Computing - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown